Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 7 AIL 0629 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Keats and the Other Senses
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The idea
Keats writes that he cannot see what flowers are at his feet, nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, but in embalmed darkness guesses each sweet. Sight is withdrawn and smell replaces it. The passage is an argument for imagery that is not visual at all.
In practice
Sight withdrawn, smell supplying.
Where people slip
Keats removes the visual deliberately.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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